I suppose this is a weird thing to be annoyed about, but here it is.
First of all, the disclaimer, which is that I won't be getting this month's comics until, probably, next week. That means that I haven't actually seen the latest Captain America in its entirety--just bits of it that I've seen because I cannot resist spoilers. I will be reading it, just not soon enough that this discussion would be at all timely.
So in this issue, Black Widow is looking for information from an old acquaintance. When he puts his hand on her knee and suggests that she do him a little favor in return, the implication being that they have had a history of this, she says that she's "involved...off the market." So, although there's certainly no reason that she should take part in this sort of exchange if she doesn't want to, the reason she gives indicates that she considers her relationship with Bucky/Cap to be exclusive, which generally means that it's romantic.
Contrast this to Bucky/Cap's own comments recently, where he refers to Natasha as his "best friend." The implication there is that he likes her, but doesn't think of her as a girlfriend in a romantic sense.
On the one hand, this irritates me because it just seems wrong for Natasha. Not that she doesn't have a history of having important loves in her life (heck, she basically defected from her home country because of Clint Barton), but they've always been relationships where both parties felt the same way. (I'm assuming this was true with regard to her relationship with Daredevil, since I know almost nothing about that one.) It just seems that if any one of the two were going to be "not that into" the other, it'd be her.
On the other hand, it would also make sense that Bucky/Cap isn't in any emotional state to connect in that way with another person at this point--still too damaged. Would Natasha recognize this? Don't know. She seems pretty canny in general, but even 80-year-old superspies can fool themselves when it comes to matters of the heart.
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>>Contrast this to Bucky/Cap's own comments recently, where he refers to Natasha as his "best friend." The implication there is that he likes her, but doesn't think of her as a girlfriend in a romantic sense.<<
Hmmmm ... Not sure I agree with that. Most married and long-term couples that I know (me and Mr. Sea included) refer to each other as Best Friends. Men seem more likely to proclaim that in public than women are -- probably 'cause many men are still squeamish about saying the word "love" in front of their buddies. ;-)
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